Phoenix police step up patrols at Sikh temples

PHOENIX — Phoenix police are stepping up patrols around the city’s three
Sikh temples in the wake of a deadly shooting at a Wisconsin temple.

Police spokesman James Holmes told the Arizona Republic that authorities also are in contact with local Sikh leaders.

Authorities said a 40-year-old Army veteran strode into a suburban Milwaukee
temple Sunday and opened fire without saying a word. When the shooting ended,
six victims lay dead and three others, including a police officer, were injured.

Holmes called the shooting senseless and extended prayers to the victims and
their families on behalf of the department.